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257
Ἄγκυρα
Ankyra, Ancyra, Ankara
… Sea. According to Pausanias (1.4), Ankyra was founded by Midas.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Ankyra ( = Apollonius of Aphrodisias FGrH 740 F14) traces the name of the city to the anchors (ankyra) captured …
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Ἀβάντειος
Abanteios, Abantius, Abantian
… provides the only example of it modifying a specific substantive.
Stephanus
of Byzantium in his entry on 'Abantis', an early name for Euboea (cf. Hesiod fr. 296 Merkelbach-West), notes it as the possessive adjective …
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Ἀβαρνίς
Abarnis
… and Lampsakos; Barrington Atlas map 51 grid H4. According to
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. *)/abarnos (sic), Abarnos and Aparnis were also attested versions of its name. A scholium to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.932 (repeated …
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Ἄβδηρα
Abdera
[1] Actually, as
Stephanus
of Byzantium and others noted, there were two cities called Abdera: one, the present-day Avdira, in northern Greece (Barrington Atlas map 51 grid D3; RE I.22-23; OCD(4) s.v.); the other, …
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Ἀβωριγῆνες
Aborigines
… Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.9, cited in the long entry in
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. (which defines them as an "Italian" people). [1] A marginal addition in ms A.
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75
Ἀβρεττηνή
Abrettene
… Its name is derived from the nymph Brettia (according to
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.), and it lay between the Rhyndakos and Makestos rivers in Asian Mysia (present-day Turkey): Barrington Atlas map 62 grid A2. …
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Ἀγαμήδης
Agamedes
[1] See under epsiloniota 323. [2]
Stephanus
of Byzantium lists this as both a toponym and a (connected ) personal name.
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395
Ἀγχιάλεια
Anchialeia
… Cilicia; the "Anchiale" of alpha 396 (from sigma 122) and
Stephanus
of Byzantium. Barrington Atlas map 66 grid F3. [2] This definite article is feminine in the Greek, no doubt presupposing 'city'. [3] Sophocles, …
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586
Ἀζειῶται
Azeiotai, Azeotae
… fragment of Hellanicus of Lesbos (FGrH 4 F58) cited by
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.; also mentioned in Sophocles (fr.569).
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603
Ἄζωρος
Azoros, Azorus
[1]
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v.: "Azoros, a city of Pelagonia, of the so-called Tripolis, as Strabo [7.7.9] says; founded by a certain Azoros." There was an Azoros -- the present-day Vouvala -- in the …
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Ἀεινόν
ever-flowing
The headword a)eino/n, used of water, is a dialectal variant (which occurs in Xiphilinus' epitome of Cassius Dio, p.13 Dindorf-Stephanus) of a)e/nnaon: see alpha 552 and alpha 553.
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Ἀθήνησιν
at Athens
… AthenAI (*)aqh=nai) from the singular AthenE (*)aqh/nh). (Note, however, that
Stephanus
of Byzantium listed both of them - and six others - as plural.)
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780
Ἀκακήσιον
Akakesion, Acacesium
… day -- to which it had given its name; cf.
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. See further under alpha 781.
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858
Ἀκή
Ake, Acre
… army, to be incorporated in Israel. Demosthenes (52.20), Strabo (16.2.25-26),
Stephanus
of Byzantium (Ethnica 59.11, 538.7) and Harpocration s.v. all accentuate the name on the first syllable, *)/akh, but this may be a confusion …
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1043
Ἀκυληΐα
Aquileia
… UNESCO World Heritage Site page at web address 2). [2]
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. gives the ethnikon as *\Akulh/ios, but the Suda's form is the norm in (e.g.) Herodian's History.
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Ἀλήϊον πεδίον
Aleian plain
… in Cilicia (Herodotus 6.95.1; Strabo 14.5.17 (676); Arrian, Anabasis 2.5.8;
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Halai), literally means "wandering" - though Steph. Byz. derived the adjective, more prosaically, from the nearby city. cf. generally alpha …
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1424
Ἀλύβη
Alube, Alybe
… in e.g. Strabo 12.3.20-24 and 13.1.45; also, more faintly, in
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. One tradition -- which recognised the name as Chalybe -- placed it in the east, connecting the Chalybes with the …
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1866
Ἀνάζαρβον
Anazarbos, Anazarbus
… then decided to name the city Anazarbos ("dedicated to Zarbos").
Stephanus
of Byzantium Ethnica s.v. Anazarba knows both the city and its "founder" as Anazarba, but gives no history and no alternative names.
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1887
αἰτιατικῇ
recovering
… [2] Polybius fr. 104 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 529) that
Stephanus
(Henri Estienne, 1531-1598) attributed this fragment to Polybius.
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2287
Ἀνεπαρίασαν
they broke treaties like the Parians
… of this proverb (Zenobius 2.21 and other paroemiographers) occurs in
Stephanus
of Byzantium, s.v. Paros, quoting Ephorus (FGrH 70 F63). The episode in question is the unsuccessful siege of the Aegean island of Paros …
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Ἄνθεια
Antheia
… [1] In the Peloponnese, near Argos [Myth, Place], according to
Stephanus
of Byzantium. [2] cf. alpha 2644 (and phi 457). On the hetaira Anteia see Konstantinos Kapparis, Apollodoros 'Against Neaira' [D. 59] (Berlin & …
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Ἀντιτυπῆσαι
to resist, to strike against
… of scholiasts there. [5] Herodotus 1.67.4 (web address 2 below);
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v. Tegea.
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Ἀντρῶνες
Antrones
… From Harpokration s.v., commenting on its mention in Demosthenes 10.9.
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of Byzantium gives its name in the singular, Antron.) [2] From Photius, and also in some of the paroemiographers; originally Pherecrates fr. 15 …
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Ἀπαισός
Apaisos, Apaesus
In the Troad; mentioned by Homer, Iliad 2.828; see also
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3418
Ἀπολλώνιον
Apollônion
… diphthong is attested in Cassius Dio and discussed by Ps.-Herodian,
Stephanus
of Byzantium, and (post-Suda) Eusthathius of Thessalonica. [2] That is, like the proper names Dionysios, Demetrios, Poseidonios, etc. [3] Unattested outside lexicography. But …
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Ἀπολλώνιος
Apollonios, Apollonius
… at least 18 books) and are Carian place-names, transmitted via
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of Byzantium. [1] In Caria.
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3754
Ἀρβέλαι
Arbelai, Arbele
… slip, corrected in her addenda and corrigenda. [1] Confirmed by
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., citing the Sicilian historian Philistus (FGrH 556 F29). [2] Cf. tau 646 and tau 674.
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3784
Ἄργουσα
Argoura, Argousa
… Place] (FGrH 423 F1). The name, all other sources (including
Stephanus
of Byzantium) agree, was Argoura, not the Suda's Argousa (or in one manuscript Argousai). For Euboia see generally epsilon 3382; for Chalkis see …
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3790
Ἀργυρῖνοι
Argurinoi, Argurini, Argurinians
Of Epeiros (NW Greece). See
Stephanus
of Byzantium s.v., citing Timaeus and others.
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3791
Ἀργυρίππη
Argyrippe
… in Italy but further south, in Apulia. See Strabo 6.3.9;
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of Byzantium s.v. Spelling with a single p is more common. Chief city of the Daunians and also known as Argos [Myth, Place] …
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